I recently bulk loaded a 100 ft roll of Kentmere 400, and Noticed that the edge signing is subtly different between that and the pre-packed film. the Space between each occurrence of "K400" was different, and they are still using the 1 to 47 frame numbers with one frame unnumbered, the same as the last roll of Ilford brand bulk I got several years ago. (indeed the same as the last roll of Arista English Profesional I got well over a decade or two ago)And, more importantly, all bulk rolls need slit, perfed and edge signed - same as packaged rolls. It may well be slitting or perfing capacity that's the limiting factor, not stuffing canisters.
I'm not a fan of Ilford Harman producing colour film as , I think, will detract from the successful black and white business.
Someone commented it's a nitrate film stock, thus the flames
the new Wolfen NC200 colour film
Presumably this is version 2 of the credible inoviscoat 200 colour film ( sold as adox colour mission 200 acquired presumably through the bankruptcy process).
I'm not a fan of Ilford Harman producing colour film as , I think, will detract from the successful black and white business.
If they do so they have to be prepared to open photo labs world wide to process the material which , ideally, would include Ilford/Harmans own printing papers; not likely!
There is no way in hell that Ilford/Harman is going to process it's own C41 colour film and have it printed on a competitors paper.
I fear an over ambitious I/H could leave us with no western produced black and white materials.
I've seen it before with other long established UK companies that over stretched.
TB
I would expect a bigger issue with bulk rolled C41 is processing. Even back in the heyday of film, many labs wouldn't touch home rolled films. If Harman also released C41 processing kits, that would be a major step.
I would expect a bigger issue with bulk rolled C41 is processing. Even back in the heyday of film, many labs wouldn't touch home rolled films. If Harman also released C41 processing kits, that would be a major step.
One mislabeled film could ruin an entire process batch in a dunk dip processor.
Even with E6 films very few labs would accept home rolled films, it was too risky. One mislabeled film could ruin an entire process batch in a dunk dip processor.
And if this way a case of remjet pollution, I wonder how they were able to spot hand rolled films?
At the Fuji lab I mentioned above, for the dip & dunk line they use a film picker and can tell by the leader if it's remjet backed. For the continuous processing line, the film goes into an automated splicer and nobody ever gets to see the film before it emerges from the processor.
This new film is supposed to be C41 which any damned mini lab can process correctly. Any competent lab operator can scan and make prints, either digitally or optically. Harman Lab already does C41 developing and printing anyway.
I recently bulk loaded a 100 ft roll of Kentmere 400, and Noticed that the edge signing is subtly different between that and the pre-packed film. the Space between each occurrence of "K400" was different, and they are still using the 1 to 47 frame numbers with one frame unnumbered, the same as the last roll of Ilford brand bulk I got several years ago. (indeed the same as the last roll of Arista English Profesional I got well over a decade or two ago)
so I would imagine that the Edge signing is done on totally different equipment.
the perforating might either done while the film is still in Pancake form, or by the packing machines.
Which was exactly my point. Whether you have to pull out the leader (and you can easily determine if the film has remjet) or not, just eliminating re-loadable cassettes is not going to save you from unwanted cross-processing.
I don't really feel like bothering my Fuji contacts with a reality-check on the above statement, but I'm a bit skeptical of its accuracy.
I wonder how? How would a BW or C-41 film ruin the entire batch of E-6 chemistry? (edit: Ok, I think @koraks provided some explanation for E-6 in C-41 chemistry.
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